mole cricket
Subterranean garden pest
A mole cricket is a burrowing insect with powerful, shovel-like front legs adapted for digging through soil.
Named for their resemblance to moles, these nocturnal creatures are considered pests by gardeners and turf managers because they damage lawns and crops from below: The mole crickets destroyed my vegetable garden.
High repeated animal calls
- songMusical piece with words
- callContact by phone
- trillRapid pitch oscillation
- singingVocal music-making
acoustics · resonance · vibration · frequency · amplitude · communication · mating call
Insect order with leathery forewings
- entomologyStudy of insects
- antennaeSensory appendages on insects
- exoskeletonExternal skeletal structure
- invertebrateAnimal sans backbone
arthropod · hexapod · forelegs · tympanum · forewings · hindwings · nymph · instar
Digging underground passages
- excavationAct of unearthing
- subterraneanBeneath earth's surface
- diggingRemoving earth below
- galleriesSpaces for displaying art
underground · forelegs · burrow · mound · loam · humus · topsoil · clay
Pest takeover situation
- lawn damageInjury to grass
- root damageHarm to underground structures
- bare spotsUncovered areas on surfaces
- crop damageHarm to cultivated plants
garden pest · plant damage · control · pesticide · nematodes · biological control · trapping · monitoring
Dark hours between dusk and dawn
- duskDimming after sundown
- twilightLight after sunset
- crepuscularRelating to dusk
- darknessTotal absence of light
chirping
High repeated animal calls
singing · acoustics · resonance · vibration · frequency · amplitude · communication · mating call
orthoptera
Insect order with leathery forewings
- entomologyStudy of insects
- antennaeSensory appendages on insects
- exoskeletonExternal skeletal structure
invertebrate · arthropod · hexapod · forelegs · tympanum · forewings · hindwings · nymph · instar · molting
tunneling
Digging underground passages
- excavationAct of unearthing
- subterraneanBeneath earth's surface
- diggingRemoving earth below
galleries · underground · forelegs · burrow · mound · loam · humus · topsoil · clay · sandy soil
infestation
Pest takeover situation
- lawn damageInjury to grass
- root damageHarm to underground structures
- bare spotsUncovered areas on surfaces
crop damage · garden pest · plant damage · control · pesticide · nematodes · biological control · trapping · monitoring · threshold
nighttime
Dark hours between dusk and dawn
- duskDimming after sundown
- twilightLight after sunset
- crepuscularRelating to dusk
- Mole Crickets
- insectsant, ants, bee, bees, butterfly
- Burrowersaardvark, aardvarks, badger, badgers, gopher
- crop pestsaphids, aphid, armyworm, beetles, cutworms
- jumping insectsgrasshopper, flea, leafhopper, froghopper, katydid
- lawn pestsgrub, white grub, armyworm, cutworm, leatherjacket
mole cricketabove ground
Not beneath the surface
surface dweller · butterfly · dragonfly · in the air · moth